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Organization and Description of Business (Details)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Organization and Description of Business (Details)	Jun. 28, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) room unit hotel shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) hotel	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) room unit hotel shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) hotel	Jul. 16, 2021 shares	Jul. 15, 2021 shares	Jan. 15, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2020 hotel	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
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Number of hotels \| hotel		102	116	103	117
Number of rooms \| room		22,313		22,313
Number of rooms owned, net of partnership interest \| room		22,286		22,286
Investment in unconsolidated entity		$ 2,533,000		$ 2,533,000					$ 2,811,000
Stock split ratio	0.1
Number of shares of common stock (in shares) \| shares		22,320,857		22,320,857					6,436,250
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 520,387,000	$ 165,476,000	$ 520,387,000	$ 165,476,000				$ 92,905,000		$ 262,636,000
Restricted cash		70,090,000	$ 95,318,000	70,090,000	$ 95,318,000				$ 74,408,000		$ 135,571,000
Subsequent Event
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of shares of common stock (in shares) \| shares						26,500,000	265,100,000
Number of outstanding units (in shares) \| shares						402,000	4,000,000.0
Mortgages
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Outstanding principal balance with waived or deferred payments		3,600,000,000		3,600,000,000
Debt balance		$ 3,700,000,000		$ 3,700,000,000
Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement, Initial Term Loan \| Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Principal amount								$ 200,000,000
Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement, Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan \| Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Principal amount								150,000,000
Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement, Additional Delayed Draw Term Loan \| Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Principal amount								$ 100,000,000
World Quest Resort
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of rooms \| unit		90		90
OpenKey
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Ownership percentage		16.70%		16.70%					17.50%
Investment in unconsolidated entity		$ 2,533,000		$ 2,533,000					$ 2,811,000
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Number of hotel properties \| hotel		98		98
Majority Owned Properties
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of hotel properties \| hotel		2		2
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Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of hotels \| hotel				100
Number of hotel properties \| hotel										116
Number of hotel properties managed by affiliates \| hotel		68		68
Number of hotel properties suspended \| hotel										23